watchOS 5 brings new customizations to the stock Maps app on your Apple Watch, including the ability to personalize your turn-by-turn wrist alerts for driving, CarPlay and walking.

Before watchOS 5, Maps navigation alerts were either on or off—you couldn’t toggle them separately for driving directions, walking directions or for navigation through CarPlay.

With the watchOS 5 software or newer, Apple Maps’ turn-by-turn navigation alerts on your wrist can finally be adjusted to your liking independently of one another, and here’s how…

How to customize Maps navigation alerts on Apple Watch

By default, watchOS 5 keeps the turn-by-turn alert option enabled for driving navigation, walking directions and when driving with CarPlay. If your Apple Watch is on watchOS 5 or later and your iPhone is running iOS 12 or newer, you can personalize turn alerts to your liking.

Follow the steps below to learn how.

1) Open the companion Watch app on your paired iPhone with iOS 12 or later.

2) Tap the My Watch tab.

3) Adjust the switches for Driving, Driving with CarPlay and Walking located underneath the Turn Alerts heading, based on your personal preference, usage patterns and needs.

“When this is on and you’re using turn-by-turn directions, you’ll be alerted when you need to make the next turn,” reads the feature’s description.

In my typical scenario, I don’t use CarPlay at all and rarely navigate with Maps on my wrist while walking. Therefore, I typically keep those two switches toggled off.

This is how I personalize my wrist turn alerts

You may want to keep wrist alerts disabled for driving navigation if you tend to kick off your turn-by-turn direction session on your iPhone or iPad.

Personally, I don’t mind seeing a map on my iPhone when navigating, plus hearing Siri’s warnings for incoming turns and feeling alerts for upcoming turns on my wrist, all at the same time

Following directions on Apple Watch is easy due to subtle tap on your wrist.

Turn left—Intermittent taps on your wrist.

Turn right—A steady series of taps on your wrist.

You’ll feel a vibration when you’re on the last leg, and again when you arrive.